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adjective

Being capable for use or action; not disabled.

“WAP-enabled”

Opposite
CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveenabled (comparative more enabled, superlative most enabled)

comparative more enabled · superlative most enabled

  1. Being capable for use or action; not disabled.

    And as Anthony Rode has articulated [...] "Molly Sweeny [...] is no longer the most disabled but the most enabled of the three characters, positioned to relate directly to the audience and bring them to participate in the world she inhabits."

    2022 September 29, Richard Rankin Russell, Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friel's Drama: Second Edition, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 311
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    Because of social media and the unprecedented access to information, ordinary people are more enabled than ever before. We call them WE Generation—spanning all age demographics and professions, these are the people connected by the desire to make a difference—rather than birth order.

    2018 March 7, Sir Craig Kielburger, Sir Holly Branson, Sir Marc Kielburger, WEconomy: You Can Find Meaning, Make A Living, and Change the World, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
  2. computingAdapted for use with the specified mechanism or system.

    WAP-enabled

    1 more example

    Ajax-enabled

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of enable

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Cite this entry
APA

enabled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enabled

MLA

“enabled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enabled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enabled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enabled.

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